Workers have fitted a reactor into the first nuclear power station to be built in Britain for 30 years. Hundreds of engineers and construction staff worked for several days to lift the 500-tonne steel equipment into place at Hinkley Point C,

EDF will extend the life of four of its British nuclear plants and invest 1.3 billion pounds ($1.64 billion) in its British fleet over 2025-2027, it said on Wednesday, in a boost for the country’s energy security and efforts to meet its climate targets.

Heysham Two, in Lancashire, and Torness in East Lothian will keep producing electricity for an extra two years until March 2030.

EDF Energy says Torness, in East Lothian, and its sister site Heysham 2, in Lancashire, will continue generating for an extra two years.

Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. French state-owned energy giant EDF will keep four ageing nuclear power stations in Britain open for longer than planned,